Page 4: Historical Events In November - 05
Thursday, 26 February 2026
1913 Louis III is recorded as becoming King of Bavaria 

1913 Vivien Leigh, British actress is born 

1913 Ludwig III crowned king of Bavaria 

1913 John McGiver, NYC, actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show). 

1914 Britain annexes Cyprus. 

1914 Britain declares war on Turkey after annexing Cyprus 

1914 Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73). 

1915 Moe Biller, NYC, labor union officer (AFL-CIO, Postal Workers). 

1916 Emperor Wilhelm II and French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland 

1916 Len Wilkinson, cricketer (England leg-spinner just before WW II). 

1917 Gen Pershing and US troops see action on Western Front for inaugural time. 

1917 Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Lousiville KY ordinance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas 

1917 Gen Pershing and US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time. 

1917 Claus Adam, composer. 

1919 Ir à Steringa Idzerda begins hosting "soirée-musical" on Dutch radio 

1919 Myron Floren, Webster SD, accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show). 

1920 Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate. 

1921 Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt). 

1922 Demonstration for a Dutch University in Ghent. 

1922 Violet Barclay, American illustrator. 

1923 Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist 

1924 Ivan Rezak, composer 

1925 Mussolini disbands Italian socialist parties. 

1926 Leo Derksen, Dutch journalist (Telegraph/Sunday Newspaper) 

1927 10th PGA Championship: Water Hagen at Cedar Crest CC Dallas. 

1927 Robert Abernethy, Geneva Switz, Newscaster (NBC News Encore) 

1929 Ottmar MA Fraai, Curacaos/Dutch tenor 

1930 Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for "Babbitt". 

1930 Herb Edelman, Bkln NY, actor (Good Guys, Strike Force, 9 to 5) 

1931 Ike Turner, Miss, AKA Mr Tina Turner!, guitarist (A Fool in Love). 

1932 Mussolini frees 16000 criminals 

1932 Arthur L Liman, NYC, trial lawyer (Oliver North). 

1933 Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0). 

1934 Nick Smith, (Rep-R-Michigan) 

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